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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
THE NATIVES OF SIBERIA.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning the
Life and Habits of These People.

Some Interesting Facts Concerning the
Life and Habits of These People.
DR.. Lansdell, the well-known Anglican
clergyman and explorer, contributes to one
of the current magazines remarkable paper
on the natives of Siberia. He informs us
that the Khirghese of the Steppe live in the
summer almost entirely on milk, variously
prepared, whilst the rich eat of mutton as
their staple food, with the addition of beef,
and occasionally camels flesh. In the North
the Yakutes are fond of horse-1esh. A
Yakute bride on her wedding day sets before
her lord and master, as the greatest of deli
cscies horse-heSh sausages with boiled
horses head, of which the brains are the
most dainty morsel The quantity of horse
flesh they eat is appalling. They have an
adage that TO eat much meat, ana grow tat
mon 1t. is the highest destiny OF man."
DR.. Lansdel was not present at one Of
their orgies, but as far back as the days of
strahlenberg it was said that four Yakutes
would eat o horse. The Gilyaks, on the other
hand, live chiefly on fish. Salmon is their
principal article of diet. This fish comes up
the Amur in such numbers that they can be
% into the stream and catch for themselves;
and salmon equal to the finest seen in Lon
don NAV be purchased among the Gilyaks,
=, tha season. for penny piece. The fish,
cnt mn and dried, without further cooking,
sTe eaten. q piece of similar size per day
s 49, alike for the Gilyak and one of his
dogs. DR.. Lansdeu says he went to the
lover Amur disposed to confide in the the
ory that fish diet, by reason ofits phosphorus,
WAS calculated to give brain power to stu
SeT,ts but after seeing the miserable speci-
mems Of humanity in the Glyaks, his belief
IN this theory has been rudely shaken
M b. Daily Nail.
when your toes are asleep they are COMA
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08

gree that makes them fatal to human
life. Professor Shaler has recently de-
scribed very graphically how, in the
economy of nature, volcanoes play a
most important part by restoring to the
air the carbonic acid gas without which
plants cannot exist, and of which the air
is robbed by every bit of coal that forms
or every particle of limestone that hard
ems into rock. Another way in which
welearn something of the interior of the
earth is through the power Of water to
dissolve and wear away limestone. Over
large area in Kentucky where there are
very thick and nearly level beds of lime
stone we find no small brooks running
to the rivers, but here and there in the
fields and woods are little sink-holes at
the bottom of depressions in the surface,
down which on rainy days the waters
pour in a flood. These holes, in the
course of ages, have been excavated by
the water to depth of hundreds of feet.
Here and there little passages in the
limestone shoot off almost hori-
zontally, through which the water
and debris flow until finally they
mingl with the waters of river which
they often enter through holes below its
surface. Gradually these sink-holes are
getting deeper, the side passages are
growing larger, the ground is becoming
completely honeycombed with water
worn excavations, and thus far greater
subterranean worlds than the big lime
stone caves we now visit in Kentucky
and Virginia are preparing for the adj
miration Of 0ltule generations.
G. G. ADAMS
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
ON THE CHANNEL.

ON 7E Una IN N Lila
Did you ever come over
To Dover,
When pillows made valleys
From Calais?
With waves all a-foaming
And combing,
1t is not delightful
But frightful.
The sounds that assail you
Will pale you,
1fyou 'scape this connection,
Of ocean.
Plump matrons all grooming
And moaning,
With every new pitching
And twitching.
Fair maidens who ever
Endeavor
On land to be slightly
And sprightly.
Care naught for their graces
Of faces,
Or who may be laughing
Or chatting.
On all sides is bawling
And squalling
From children outcrying
Pm dying"
Behold each spare place in
A basin p
The rest am certain
pll curtain!
-Toaon Topics.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
Corroborative and Concur

sIVE Tt oNY.-Lowell,
Mass, July 9, 1887. Gentlemen:
Mr.. Lewis Dennis has just called
upon me and informs me, that
the boy Grin Robinson, who was
poor cripple on clutches and
was cured by St. Jacobs Oil in
1881; the cure has remained per-
manent. The young man has
been and is now at work every
day at manual labor case GER
tainly which proves the efficacy
of St. Jacobs Oil. Mr.. Dennis
tells me also that he had rheuma-
tism in his knee, tried MANY
remedies, but Of no use, and it
cured the rheumatism perma-
nently, as it has not troubled
him tor years.-Dr. GEORGE C..
OsGooD, M. D.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08


Russian merchant in Yakutsk, Siberia,
decided that he would no longer draw
water from the Lena river as everybody
did in that far northern town, but
he would dig well and have water
at his own door. So he set to work
with pick and shovel. After his men
had dug through the few feet of earth
that had been thawed by the summer
sun they declared they had struck
solid rock. 1t was only frozen soil, how
ever, and the merchant kept them at
work all that summer. Next year he
courageously resumed work, expecting
at every foot he dug to get through the
frozen earth; but after penetrating 105
feet in solidly frozen soil he covered the
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
HER TONE WAS IMPROVED.

'Miss Bullion is vastly improved by her
European tour, don't you think, Jones?"
II hadn't noticed any particular improve
ment, Robinson"
Haven't your Why, her trip has given
her so much tone"
20, yes, have noticed, too, that she
dresses and talks louder than before"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
QUIPS.

A delegate matter-a nominating conven-
ton.
It is a dry day when the umbrella gets left.
Crooked whiskey is an appropriate drink
for man on a bender.
There are 5000 blind people in England,
not counting the manufactures of window
curtains. w, H s.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
THAT WAS CLEAR.

Ma" said little Johnny Fangle, looking
up from the paper, "who is Professor Tome,
D. D., Ii. D., F. R. S.?'
"O," replied Mrs. Fangle, "he's noted
man of Ietters.'
~, yes; here they are right after his
name"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08

but some physicists
believe they are pro-
duced by great move
ments that are going
on in the molten in
terror of the earth.
Just as Kepler dis
covered the laws
that regulate til g
movements of the
planets, SO som e
great genius of the
f u t ure may in
time illumine tn Q
mysterious subject
of magnetic varia-
ton and thus throw
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
WHAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS.

Mamie-What is this bacteria see men
toned in the papers so much?
Susie-Back terra? Must be new kind of
hustle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
THEY ALL ARE,

'Boulanger's March is played out:s' re-
marked Wizzler.
YES" replied Sniggins; but isn't that a
characteristic of band music generally ?'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
Cross Examination.-Thec ca:

cross Examination.-Theca case
stands thus: A confirmed Grip
pie on crutches-knee bent-leg
useless. Cured by St. Jacobs
Oil. Was the cure permanent?
This question was asked Osgood
& Co., June IS, 1887, after an
interval of four years. Their
answer is as follows:
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
EVID
The Case Stated.-TAN'Y 18th,

he Case Stated.-JAN'Y 18TH,
1883. Messrs. George C. Os-
good & Co., druggists, Lowell,
Mass, wrote to the undersigned
as follows: "Mr. Lewis Dennis,
No. 1856 Moody ST., desires to
recommend St. Jacobs Oil to any
afflicted with rheumatism, as he
has obtained benefit by using it,
but he desires especially to say
that:
OR1N ROBINSON, of Grant
vile, Mass, a boy Of II years,
came to his house in the summer
Of 1887 walking upon clutches,
his left leg having been bent at
the knee for over two months
and could not be bent back. He
could not walk upon it. Mr..
Dennis had some St. Jacobs Oil
in the house and gave it to him
to rub on his knee. In six days
he had no use for his clutches,
and went home well without
them, as he has been we'll since.
St. Jacobs Oil cured him.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
Rheumatism.

Jury-The Public. Case-A Marvellous
and Permanent Cure. Verdict
"Nothing like it."-Judge-
"Buy no other"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
UNDER THE EARTH.
THE RESULT OF A RUSSIAN MER-
CHANTS RESEARCH,

How Far Down He Found Frozen Ground
The Imperial Academy of Sciences at
st. Petersburg Take Up the Investigation
Some Very Queer Findings There.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08
Summing Op.-By this showing

Summing Up.-By this showing
St. Jacobs Oil cures the worst
chronic and crippled cases; cures
promptly; cures permanently:
in this case without recurrence Of
pain in six years Intervening
since 1881. No other remedy
can make the same showing.
Hence it is the best, the surest,
. the cheapest.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
EVERYWHERE.
THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO..
BALTIMORE, ND.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-08

When your toes are asleep they are coma
See the point
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
CgaT7yL MORTGAGE ROC UERIES.

II il evident from the facts recently disclosed
before Justice Murray that the knavcs VINO
are robbing the poor through the medium Oh
loons secured on chattc mortgages depend
evcn more upOn their victims ignorance oil inc
law than upon the ioopholes for chicancry
which tho law itself has left open. In the
r;ncinal cases which have been brought INTO
court the defendants are charged with breaking
their own contracts, and IN one oil Vhcsc c''soS
the violation of such an engagement ""S
anparcntly so fragrant that 1t seems proDaDie
cI argc Of robbery would lie. But the iha'ca-
tions arc clear enough that the defendants III
these cases belong to gang altogether OUTSIDE
,be class of usurers. The latter always are
careful to keep within the law, and while thcy
,,okc cxtortionatc charges for the use OF money
they do not take the risk involved III con
vcrting securities before default IN payment
has occurred. The furniture chattcl mortgage
rascaIs. on tho other hand, appear to have 1or
,bcr ultimate object the selling Of the security
and to oct possession Of this they mpudentiy
,,rocccd before they have acquired shadow
Of legal right.
The seizure of valuable piano which was
mart security for "A loan on when II" uci""'O
had been made, which case mas J'S' WI"
hroueht before Justice Murray has the appear
ancc of obtaining goods under false pretcnceS'
and if such charge can be pressed Will no
doubt secure something like an adequate pun
,bmcnt for the proceeding. The audaci'y win
which these sharpcrs have been acting now
ever suggests the suspicion that they nave
carried on their rascalty perhaps for long
time with complete impunity. WIN 'arse
class Of poor and ignorant people, IL Is 10 w
feared they could do as they pleased. IheS
would hardly have grown so bold without some
sucb encouragement. As their doInSS d'"'r
on,v in pretcncc from downright ROBBERY anu
nc the most helpless people arc always Inc
nrincipa, sufferers from this KIND OF khaFerS'
i j. to be hoped not only that Justice murray
nu give the case before him the most searoh-
inc investigation, but that the Justices through
ont the city will make point oil looking ""'
for similar cases and Of pushing inquiry "ich-
aver one Of them is brought to hgh'' ih'
nnbIic \, lncc suffer from the la'heS Of lhe
h;o "boodlcrs." but those who aIe the sclco.c"
orcv Of these smaller robbers are Tar less "oio
- Stand the losses inflicted upon them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
GETTING READY TO PRODUCE "FIUSL'

ur. IRVING AND MISS TERRY SEE MRS. IANGTRY
INTERPRETATIONS AT THE STAR THEA RI
Hcnry Irving passed quiet morning yesterday DO
lls the Hotel Brunswick, looking over src''
number OF letters and kilograms. In the aiterhooh NC
went for long drive and In the evening witnesses
Mrs. Langtry's performance at the Fifth Avenue Inc
atrc. lie accompanied by Miss Terry ana h0'
daughter and Bran sfoker. The party occupied 'no
stage box on the left of the auditorium MI i'"e
sat rather far back So that hc was visible 10 o"'
fcw Of the audience Contrary to the English '"''V..
both Miss Terry and her daughter wore bonhe''' "
first the presence of the distinguished actors was NV
generally known but after the first act the news
whispered around and many opera glasses "c'o '''"
toward their box.
AT the Star Theatre Mr.. Irving'S assistants w. W.
busy all day Early In the morning Mr. stoSe'' WIN
tho assistance Of Captain Whelan satisfied inc r
authorities that The company had brought no'n' ,.
able and that all scenery. properties ana ot"'' So,
would be taken from the country at the ''oS' y
engagement J. Meredith Ball. the musca "'V.' -,
secured a number OF extra musicians, as the icsu''
orchestra OF the theatre Will be increased ny 'VV
twenty The music Of !" Faust" IL elaborate so'"' v
II has been selecte from Berlioz. Beethoven anu a.,
son while much has been specially composed 0, 49, 80"
Ball and Hamilton Clarke. The last wrote ."
music OF the famous Broken scene "a.
On the stage IL J. Lovctiay, the stage mahse''
,ec,.d a number Of supcrnumeraries from the 'io""
NJ men women and children who presented ."' "
selvc, for his lnS pcctlon II Is expected ths' al "a
scencrv for aust III be delivered At the theatre ~
Mondav There Is so much Of this "a to TAX al ~
accommodations of the Stars scene ROOM anu So ~
has l,cn obt aimed elsew here Tor the mounns' u w.
other plavs In tie front of the house u,,>. Of
iIow>on cndeavnring to straighcn on, n ness ng
orders seats that each mail .el Stc"mtS n1sv a!lci
The first rehearsal Is to De- held on m1,o"ric key-
noon. 4 large church organ win an ,he stage -
board that can be moved to any part oil '"0
being put In by the kOOScNclts. 49,. -, er,cting
Mr Irving has immediate intention ", of me
now theatre I'm London. Tho caolo lrpv'n b,s ideat
plans published herc. yesterday reirr ons e far III
Of a theatre which Is al best pos''u"s
future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

SAY. . The Arizona IIowler " New York has taken
d. Eastwood Justice from the top of it, CITY Han ana
is put ing IT, place all expensive edition Oh inc sal"
4, conner and white paint. We would suggest 10 the
ueople Of New York they make Justice inside the
CITY Hall white also.
Railroad rconoclasm.- We'll Bill, how goes IT, Are
you brahing yet ,,, ., ,,, q, h.,,,ac.
oh. no I've given up brahlng ana sohc ~ pasSaeo
smashing. burlington Free fress'
Western towps which have aboom can appreciate tho
nou,r NJ the press The people of Tucson, Arizona
buy 5000 copies of their Local paper every month for the
purpose OF sending abroad and In addition pas IL FOO
a month for special writo-ups. The town Of Lamar
Col recently paid the local paper $1,000 for WHO
ND and Tho citizens Of Fort Scott Kansas, have Just
spcnt ~ 900 In advertising tho town liutch,ii'on'
Kansas claims TO give local paper bonus Of 900
A year for remaining alive aud kicking. whIlo Nowtoh'
Kansas, pays it, paper $4,000 a year lhefc 10
no,hing a all Improper in this, "a tho money Is paid
for legitimate advertising ON the contrary u IL very
credable to the citizens VI these towns that they thus
encourage their local papers aud At the same time bene
ut themselves.
II the ADVANTAGEOUS Ayomb Khan, who is a khan
late for the Amccrship Of Mghanistan, doesn khan
Gel his engagement with Mragh Khan. they Khan make
very khsnkery khanvass together but " tho Knahny
them dance tho khan khan to tho Visiting OF khanis
tor shot springfield Union
The Boston Transcript tells Of a hotel at health
resort In which the following rules are displayed do
not ask servants do any thing You can do yourself
20 elsewhere II you not sui ed here, a. there are
others wanting your room any Disagreement between
guests viii be settled by the request of both 10 leave
A policeman In Kingston. Ont, arested two young
ueu they had set fire to the saliva ION Army
Barracks aud the Third NJ T.. Church. Their conduct
ia, crraIrd Impression tha Personal Liberty
League also exists In kmgston.-(Norristown Herald
In a Washington dispatch to "rho Baltimore sun
Il IL b atod that tho Administration naturally Is II
sympathy with Colonel Fellows III the '"h'"
versy now going in Now York city over the District
At orney ship Well Tho sun ought To know Il
IL one of the Administrations official organs and l.
the recognized mouthpece of thai pillar OF the Admin
istra ion In Mary senator German. IL s how
ever. startling TO SEQ such admission In cold type
Naturally In sympathy with Colonel Fellows, Is IL
Well, 40 Is every "boodlor In Now-York
/ An exchange observes: What with mcteors an
fools dropping from parachules, II Is getting unsafe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30

20 out of doors without umbrella That metsors
drOp from paraches will DO news to those persona who
are not we'll up In a. runomy.-(Norlst0wn Herald.
Dr. Postgate chief Of tho classical trpos Of tho Uni
vcrsi of Cambridge recommends tina. teachers adoDt
the pronunciation Of Latin put forth some tmc ago in
pamphlet issued with the authority OF he Cambridr,
Pathological Society. and which is virtually the Roman
system a. now In at Harvard. The old classical
Bourbons Of England aghast a. the crerity Of the
proposal, and they declare that they will never say
wainy, weedy, weekly, as long as grass grows and
water
lie Knew It." Well, no remarked, a. he met a
Woodward ave grocer, I" 80 poor H. has gone to tho
wall.
You don't tell me Z.
aYes he can, " tn cents on the d'lar"
at surprises me, a yet It doe n ! saw 1T IA
trans action ago which sat shed IN, that he
would even ually bring up with sudden jerk.
"What was that ,"
"Why he bought horse right here In front OF my
store without asking mo to look at he animal,
teeth and tell his age -tDetroif Free Press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
PEHSONAL

Tho house selected by Unconstitutional Villas
for hi Washington home,Is IN fashionable quarter
adjoining senator Sherman's lie paIi $50, 900 for H.
Mr. A fred Gilbert has nearly finished his model
Of tho memorial TO Lord Shatesbury which f. to be
placed ia ficcadlIIy Circus, LonoOn.
Tho Hon. John D. Long, Of Massachusetts, has bcep
leturng on the amazing theme, Tho Methods oi
Providence In Congress.
Mmo. Christine Nilsson, Countess Miranda has Just
recovered from long and annoying deafness caused
by Assesses In both ems
Admiral Porter Newport spends much time
sailing caboais, diversion Of which he IS very fond.
Mr. spurgeon has long been contemplating the
secession from tho Baptist Church which he has ju-t
effected. In the october number Of his magazine he
minated his determination to do II certain other
clergyman who were for some dlstaseful 10
him, w~ro not eIcOnmunlcated. lie also talked
largely in private dslnegrat:on the only remedy
for existing evils a split fully anticipated b.
himself aud Others. Bu, when the Baptist Union met
a, shonel, II became evident :1at he would have nu
considerable support. The President, Or Crlross.
whom Mr.. Spurgeon wished To sci a. principal Of ms
co.egr, delivered an address which was In reality
Icct~ TO leave tho Union with him attended and took
prominent part in the proceedings No direct notice
widely discussed private. and the carrying out o.
his threat Is Therefore no surprise.
Mi.. Sarah F. Smiley, we'll known FOR her Bible
readings, was thrown from a carriage at Saratoga
last week. Her collar hone wac broken and she re
ceiyed other severe Injuries.
Miss Jennie Young. we'll known in this country and
England for her concert Lectures, sailed for southanp
ton yesterday by the steamer Eibe 10 MI number Of
engagements She some time ago severe sunere
from Trostradon. and has aimee beer IN 'h'
country seeking rest and quiet. Tier teath IL no"
perfectly restored She will return here IN the latter
part Of Decen bcr and heard by numerous audiences
IN thi, capital and elsewhere
when President Gryy aud his family returned to
Paris fortnight ago they went from the station to
the Fly>ec by crcutOus couc and entered the palace
by back door. fearing hostile demonstrations nom
Ito pOpula"c
Much Indignation - expressed IN Newport at the
Rev John " Days being almost driven 10 resign the
pastorate Of tho Claiming Memorial Church The
only charge against him was tina he had welded
divorced woman Her character was above Suspicion
and II was well known that -he had obtained divorce
r,n her husband for exceptionally strong cause yer
her marriage with Mr. Day Wa Z aInuI"l against ny
many with the result that he now leaves Newport ioE
a church At Ithaca, y. u
The death has been rcoriosi Of Mr. George sm' the
Scotch antiquary HIS collection OF Greek and Roman
coins more than 10000 IN number, " perhaps the
finest IN the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
New2lprk DAILY Gribn,ls.
FOUNDED BY HORACE g r E Y.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 80. 1897.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN.-Mr Chamberlain sailed for America
on the Etruria. - A vote adverse to the Minis
try in the French Chamber of Deputies -
Malietoa cx-King of Samoa. carried of on Ger
man man of war - The Gar to VISIT Emperor
William at Berlin on mis- way home from Copen-
hagen - Seventh annual conference OF the
Irish League of Great Britain held at Cardlh.
DOME .TiC-rhe statue of Left Erickson, the
Norseman unveiled Ill Boston. - The police IN
Chicago suspected plan to blow up the jail. -
The body of a murdered mau found on "a freight
train in Chicago supposed to be that OF Frank
Harm OF Rochester. Penn. == Secretary whitney
Is seriously Ill and not expected TO return to MS
department for some time. -== Governor GORDON
mace his second speech in ONO at Portsmouth ne
denied that he was a member of the ku KIux
- Inc natural gas companies OF Indianapolis
rmeG a com OinatlOn.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-D De Lancey Nicoll accepted
IN three letters the nominations tor Dlstrlc-AtioT
new by the Citizens mass meeting, the Republlcab
County Convention aud Irving Hall. == The
Republicans Of Brooklyn held an ehthusi-
astlc meeting in the Palace Rink, speeches
beng made by Colonel Grant. Senator
Hiscock. ex-senator Miller, Colonel Baird and
A. w. Iennev. 60 The story of Stewards stolen
body recalled BY ex-SuperinienGent Walilng. 60
wealthy Wall Street SPECTATOR tined 10 xii him
self. - The Essex County y. j. Republican
convention nominated sIrOng ticket. - Rich
mond County Democrats made their nominations
- Stocks active for half holiday. within mar
row fluctuations closing strong
The EATHER-lndIcatons for to-day Colder,
fair weather preceded by light rains. 1empera-
ture yesterday: Highest. 60; lowest. 49, ;
average. 521-3'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30

walIing says about the famous Nathan
murder which. he declares, remains the great
mystery of the age, will attract particular atten-
tion and 80 will his complete story OF the
robbery Of A. r. Stewards grave" ms crosses
with description of the return OF all 'hat was
left of Mr.. Stewards body. which now lies IN
the secure resting place designed for II IN the
Garden City Cathedral. Mr.. Wallings state
ment confirms the general bcilcf that The nody
uas restored by the miscrcants who stole IL.